NASA-West 12s fall hard to Post Oak all-stars in Section 3 tournament

By Robert Avery, ravery@hcnonline.com

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12:08 am CDT, Saturday, July 7, 2018

NASA-West second baseman Logan Britz prepares to throw to his shortstop for the forceout, but it turned into a throwing error that contributed to Post Oak erupting for five third-inning runs Friday night.

NASA-West second baseman Logan Britz prepares to throw to his shortstop for the forceout, but it turned into a throwing error that contributed to Post Oak erupting for five third-inning runs Friday night.

Photo: Robert Avery

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NASA-West second baseman Logan Britz prepares to throw to his shortstop for the forceout, but it turned into a throwing error that contributed to Post Oak erupting for five third-inning runs Friday night.

NASA-West second baseman Logan Britz prepares to throw to his shortstop for the forceout, but it turned into a throwing error that contributed to Post Oak erupting for five third-inning runs Friday night.

Photo: Robert Avery

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SEABROOK - The swagger that the NASA-West Little League 12-year-old all-stars demonstrated in winning a rare District 14 title this summer went missing Friday night in a second-round game at the Section 3 Tournament.

With a chance to move within one win of earning a berth to the Texas East state championship tournament in Tyler, NASA-West instead dropped a 10-0 game to the Post Oak all-stars at Bayside Little League’s complex Friday night.

The game was stopped in the fourth inning by the mercy rule.

Three Post Oak pitchers limited the District 14 champions to the grand total of one hit, an Evan French single in the first inning.

French and James Nimmo were the only NASA-West batters to reach scoring position. Only four boys reached the basepaths all game long.

Post Oak pitching struck out six batters with four of the six coming from the meat of NASA-West’s batting order.

Post Oak was led offensively by Richie Klosek, who drove in four RBIs. After a first-inning single that made it 1-0, the three-hole hitter returned to belt a three-run homer over the left-field fence in the third for the knockout punch.

Post Oak sent 11 batters to the plate in the third inning in scoring five runs. The first five batters reached base before NASA-West could register an out.

NASA-West employed almost 33 percent of its roster to get the three outs in the third. Daren Dyson, the starting and losing pitcher, exited after Klosek’s homer. Nimmo faced four batters, followed by Sebastian Vivero and Jake Buyajian.

Post Oak’s first four batters scored seven of the 10 runs. The group went 4-for-7 at the plate. Kaleb Rook scored twice as did Ryan Selvaggi and Klosek.

It’s now do-or-die time for NASA West. The team opposes Pearland East Saturday night in an elimination game back at the Bayside diamond.